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Originally Posted by Israel As some of you may know, we lost our little darling Chelsey to a neurological disorder, probably GME, a few months back. My wife had been almost inconsolable regarding the absence of this 3 pound mix of joy, devotion and unqualified love. It was with some hope of easing the pain that we went to look at puppies and came home with both a Maltese and a Shiatzu. Now, before you drum me out of the forum, remember we still have Ezekiel Beauregard, our "Big Boy", of that most noble Yorkie lineage. He has tolerated the arrival of his two new little sisters with benign neglect, allowing them to occasionally pull his whiskers or jump his rump in attempts to induce him to playfulness, but mostly teaching them the meaning of "back off the big dog" in low growls and stern looks.
We had looked at Yorkie babies, but my wife couldn't help comparing each to her own lost little piece of her heart and finally realised it was both fruitless and might end up a hardship for any new little girl if she was found wanting and my wife failed to "bond" with her. So we boldly struck off into new territory, the uncharted regions of Maltese and Shi-tzu land.
I remember someone once posted a thread and wondered if "other" breeds were found as delightful in the eyes of their owners as Yorkies were to theirs. At that time, I had posted that I was sure other owners go just as bonkers over their poochies as we do over ours. It's just like falling in love for the first time, you are certain NO ONE in the world has ever known love like this, even Romeo and Juliet could learn a thing from you, right? So, I am here to utter this bit of sedition, ALL puppies are a delight...even members of the breed I once disdained for their little squashed faces...Shi-members! (Is that the sound of swords being drawn I hear?) Now, before I am forced to walk the plank I will say that no dog, past or future, could ever take the place of my lost little girl. But if there is one thing she taught me it is this: Big hearts often come in very small packages, and God couldn't have used a better example of this than that 3 + pound bit of Yorkie love. |